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Nature and Culture Collide: Yala National Park and Sri Lanka's Wild Coast

February 18th 2015
During the Shanghai winter I had been a bit overzealous in planning our trip. While well intentioned, it came back to haunt me in the end, as several hotel reservations made our itinerary less flexible. For this reason, our route in southern Sri Lanka became slightly awkward: we first visited Tangalle for a respite at the beach, and then found ourselves retracing our steps back to Yala National Pa ... read more
Asia » Sri Lanka » Southern Province » Tangalle

Sri Lankan Flag The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more
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